Penn's thrush eel

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Penn's thrush eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Moringuidae
Genus: Moringua
Species:
M. penni
Binomial name
Moringua penni
Schultz, 1953

Penn's thrush eel[1] (Moringua penni) is an eel in the family Moringuidae (spaghetti/worm eels).[2] It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz in 1953.[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Papua New Guinea, in the western central Pacific Ocean.[2]

References

  1. Common names for Moringua penni at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Moringua penni at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Schultz, L. P., E. S. Herald, E. A. Lachner, A. D. Welander and L. P. Woods, 1953 [ref. 3975] Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74.